Job, 40

1. But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:

1. I Jahve se obrati Jobu i reèe mu:

2. Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.

2. "Zar æe se s Jakim preti još kudilac? Tužitelj Božji nek' sam odgovori!"

3. Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?

3. A Job odgovori Jahvi i reèe:

4. And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?

4. "Odveæ sam malen: što da odgovorim? Rukom æu svoja zatisnuti usta.

5. Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.

5. Rijeè rekoh - neæu više zapoèeti; rekoh dvije - al' neæu nastaviti."

6. Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.

6. Nato Jahve odgovori Jobu iz oluje i reèe:

7. Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.

7. "Bokove svoje opaši k'o junak, ja æu te pitat', a ti me pouèi.

8. Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.

8. Zar bi i moj sud pogaziti htio, okrivio me da sebe opravdaš?

9. Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.

9. Zar ti mišica snagu Božju ima, zar glasom grmjet' možeš poput njega?

10. Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.

10. Ogrni se sjajem i velièanstvom, dostojanstvom se odjeni i slavom.

11. His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.

11. Plani dÓe bijesom ognja jarosnoga, pogledom jednim snizi oholnika.

12. He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.

12. Ponositoga pogledaj, slomi ga, na mjestu satri svakoga zlikovca.

13. His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.

13. U zemlju sve njih zajedno zakopaj, u mraènu ih pozatvaraj tamnicu.

14. He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.

14. Tada æu i ja tebi odat' hvalu što si se svojom desnicom spasio.

15. The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.

15. A sada, dÓe promotri Behemota! Travom se hrani poput goveèeta,

16. He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.

16. u bedrima je, gle, snaga njegova, a krepkost mu u mišiæju trbušnom.

17. The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.

17. Poput cedra rep podignut ukruti, sva su mu stegna ispreplele žile.

18. Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.

18. Mjedene cijevi kosti su njegove, zglobovi mu od željeza kvrge.

19. He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.

19. Prvenac on je Božjega stvaranja; maèem ga je naoružao tvorac.

20. Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?

20. Gore mu danak u hrani donose i sve zvijerje što po njima se igra.

21. Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?

21. Pod lotosom on zavaljen poèiva, guštik moèvarni i glib kriju ga.

22. Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?

22. Sjenu mu pravi lotosovo lišæe, pod vrbama on hladuje potoènim.

23. Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever?

23. Nabuja li rijeka, on ne strahuje: nimalo njega ne bi zabrinulo da mu u žvale i sav Jordan jurne.

24. Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?

24. Tko bi za oèi uhvatio njega i tko bi mu nos sulicom probio?

25. Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him?

25. Zar loviš Levijatana udicom? Zar æeš mu jezik zažvalit' užetom?

26. Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes?

26. Zar mu nozdrve trskom probost' možeš ili mu kukom probiti vilicu?

27. Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more.

27. Hoæe li te on preklinjat' za milost, hoæe li s tobom blago govoriti?

28. Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.

28. I zar æe s tobom savez on sklopiti da sveg života tebi sluga bude?

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29. Hoæeš li se s njim k'o s pticom poigrat' i vezat' ga da kæeri razveseliš?

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30. Hoæe li se za nj cjenkati ribari, meðu sobom podijelit' ga trgovci?

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31. Možeš li kopljem njemu kožu izbost ili glavu mu probiti ostima?

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32. Podigni de ruku svoju na njega: za boj se spremi - bit æe ti posljednji!